The nearby Star Pupil Protoss fleet urgently gathered on this planet and waited. The border not far away had also increased its defense, guarding against the dynasty's fleet outside the border.
After waiting for two days, they finally received a report of Sisko's arrival at the border.
"Your Excellencies, Leader Sisko has arrived at the border and will be here soon."
Jed heaved a sigh of relief and forced himself to speak.
His expression was slightly dispirited. For the past two days, Han Xiao and Heber had been staying in the room. He suggested that everyone should stay in the room, but Han Xiao and Heber did not even bother with him and did not allow him to leave. Jed could only accompany them in the room for two days. He was sitting on pins and needles, not daring to sleep. His high-strung nerves increased his mental exhaustion, and his complexion did not look good.
To a Beyond Grade A, a mere two days did not require any rest. High-level life forms had a different sense of time and could react in microseconds. They could also adjust the activity level of their cells. The elites that the two of them brought along and the Star Pupil Holy Race guards around them were all Calamity Grade Supers, so they were not affected much. Only the government emissaries like Jed were a little tired.
If they stayed in the room, the pressure that had gathered at this time would dissipate. Therefore, the two of them sat there for two days, increasing the pressure on the Star Pupil Protoss present.
After waiting for a while, there was a commotion outside the door. In their perception, a huge energy source was slowly approaching.
Heber suddenly opened his eyes and nodded slowly. "He's here."
The next moment, the door opened, and Sisko slowly walked in. Everyone's eyes focused on him.
The guards present all heaved a sigh of relief, straightening their backs a little as if they had found their backbone.
"Yo, isn't this Little Xixi? The hero has arrived." Han Xiao changed his posture and joked.
Sisko glanced at him and walked to the seat opposite the two of them. Jed, who was originally sitting there, hurriedly got up and made way for Sisko to sit down.
"Didn't you want to see me? I'm back. What do you want? Just say it."
Sisko's tone was solemn.
However, the next second, Han Xiao suddenly raised his hand, and a mechanical structure covered his arm. Mechanical Force flashed, and the machinery continued to expand, turning into a huge palm that pushed forward.
The table and sofa in front of him were all pushed away, and the mechanical palm hit Sisko directly, smashing him into the wall.
Bang
The whole room shook.
"What are you doing?"
The situation was so sudden that the guards' expressions changed drastically. They immediately wanted to help their leader.
However, at this time, Hella and the rest of the Black Star Guards released their auras toward the surrounding guards. The oppressive aura was filled with warning intent, and the Bloodshed Land Vanguard Officials were also glaring at them.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. At this moment, Sisko's serious voice came from below the mechanical palm.
"Don't do anything."
The mechanical palm was compressed bit by bit and left the wall. At this time, Sisko was completely embedded in the alloy wall, looking a little pathetic. He used his psychic power to pull himself out of the twisted metal wall and stared at Han Xiao, not intending to fight back.
"You almost killed me. Do you have a problem with me hitting you?" Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.
"No."
Sisko took a deep breath. He knew that this was a show of strength to destroy his prestige, so he had to endure it. He told his angry subordinates not to be rash, got someone to move a new table and chair, and sat down in front of the two of them again.
The surrounding Star Pupil Protoss clenched their fists tightly, their faces sullen.
They could understand Sisko's attitude of enduring the humiliation, but they could not help but feel disappointed. On one hand, they were angry at themselves for being unable to do anything, and on the other hand, they were humiliated by the dignity of their race.
Although many of the Star Pupil Protoss present knew that the dynasty was here to hold them accountable, they still imagined that Sisko would be able to handle such a situation while waiting. However, the current situation shattered their fantasy, and they had no choice but to accept reality. Their leader, Sisko, was here to be humiliated this time.
After sitting down again, the Red Empire emissary who had been silent all this while finally spoke. "You participated in the attack on the Planet Lighthouse outpost. Of the six Beyond Grade As who escaped, four have already been captured. The dynasty wants you and the Star Pupil Protoss to give an explanation."
"What explanation do you want?" Sisko asked with a deep voice.
The dynasty emissary tapped on the smooth white bracelet and summoned a virtual screen. On it were the terms of the agreement.
"You have to make a formal public apology and sign this compensation agreement to show your sincerity. The details are all inside. If you don't agree, please come with us to the dynasty to be judged or wait for the Arcane Church to ransom you."
"Compensation and apology, huh?"
Sisko mumbled. He had not been idle these past two days and had been thinking about the dynasty's intentions. This was not out of his expectations.
The dynasty emissary did not keep it a secret and directly read out all the terms of the agreement. Many of the terms were extremely overboard, and the surrounding Star Pupil Protoss became angrier and angrier.
There were only two choices before Sisko. One was to accept the compensation, and the other was to become a captive. Of course, there was also a third option, which was to resist. However, if he chose the third option, the dynasty would not give him any face at all.
The dynasty did not necessarily need that bit of compensation, but they needed the enemy to submit.
After listening, Sisko nodded.
"I accept this agreement and will publicly apologize for this operation."
He did not care about the astronomical amount of compensation. He was helping the Arcane Church, and although he failed, the Arcane Church would not let his underlings take the blame. Otherwise, who would help them in the future? Therefore, the compensation would be paid by the Arcane Church, and there was basically no need for the Star Pupil Protoss to spend money.
As for the public apology, it meant that the Arcane Church wanted to see it. This was because the Arcane Church would never apologize to the dynasty, but if they wanted to ransom someone, they had to express their attitude indirectly. The Star Pupil Protoss's submission was a tactful representation of the Arcane Church's attitude. It could ease the recent conflict to a certain extent, and it would not embarrass Ethereal. It was a disguised compromise.
Even if the Arcane Church supported the Star Pupil Protoss, the Red Empire was also a universal civilization. In a situation where the two sides had conflicts on the surface and private negotiations, the Star Pupil Protoss had to give an explanation.
Only Sisko was clear about this, but the others might not be.
In the eyes of the people around, their leader had agreed to such a humiliating condition without saying anything. This made the faces of the Star Pupil Protoss turn uglier and uglier. The way they looked at Sisko changed from firm to complicated.
It looked like Sisko had sold out the interests of his race without hesitation to protect himself. Of course, they knew that this was a huge mistake, but they could not help but have such thoughts.
Although they knew that Sisko's choice was not wrong, Jed and the many guards around still felt angry and humiliated.
This time, Heber spoke. "Sisko, take your people and leave the Shattered Star Ring. You know that the dynasty and us will not sit by and watch you develop. For you, the best choice is to leave this place."
One less Beyond Grade A in the Shattered Star Ring was beneficial to the remaining people. Heber had the same thought as the dynasty, but he shook his head. "No matter what difficulties we encounter, as long as we can overcome them, we will not leave our home easily."
"Humph." Seeing this, Heber did not say anything else.
This time, Han Xiao knocked on the table and said calmly, "What comes next is our business. You pay the compensation to the dynasty, but you also have to express your gratitude to me, the victim."
Sisko turned around and looked at him. "What do you want?"
Han Xiao smiled.
"I want the Evolution Cube."
Everyone was stunned.
Sisko was confused. "Didn't you already take it?"
"No, you misunderstood me." Han Xiao crossed his arms and said calmly, "I want you to remove the psychic connection to the Evolution Cube and announce to the universe that you have already given the Evolution Cube to me."
Sisko's expression changed.
He finally understood what was going on. Black Star, this evil thing, was trying to kill someone's heart!
Originally, the Star Pupil Holy Race had thought that Black Star had snatched away their 'race treasure'. If they publicly announced that they were giving up the Evolution Cube and gave it to Black Star, they would not have the right to criticize him. At that time, all of the Star Pupil Holy Race members would be silenced, and the anger of the people would be vented on them. Their leader's reputation would plummet.
"You b * stard!" Sisko clenched his teeth.
Han Xiao said with a deep voice, "Because of the Evolution Cube, you have targeted me time and time again. This attack was also caused by the Evolution Cube. If I don't let you give up on this thing, similar things will happen again in the future. Also, I haven't settled the score with you about the Avitan Soul almost bombing Blue Star. Let's watch this video first."
As he said that, Han Xiao summoned a virtual screen. The video played was the video of the guard named Lalem attacking him two days ago. Philip had recorded it long ago.
The video ended very quickly, and Sisko's expression was ugly.
Han Xiao put away the virtual screen, raised his brows, and said, "I did not hold it against a Beyond Grade A, but I do not wish to hear such nonsense again. Therefore, in order to prevent your people from continuing to think this way, I have decided to use this method to solve this problem once and for all. What do you think?"
"What if I don't agree?" Sisko held back his anger.
"It's fine if you don't agree." Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and slowly said, "But are you still my opponent now? Have you ever thought about what will happen to the Star Pupil Protoss without you as their leader?"
At this moment, Sisko realized that the Black Star in front of him was no longer the guy who had fought him to a draw. He immediately thought of Dylan, who had been captured alive by Han Xiao in the blink of an eye.
However, he was still unwilling to give up the Evolution Cube. The Soul Connection between him and the Evolution Cube had given him a certain bonus to his psychic strength. Without this Universal Treasure, his combat power would decrease, and his position in the Arcane Church would also decrease.
This time, the dynasty's envoy spoke.
"Black Star's intentions are the dynasty's intentions. If you don't agree, you can write it into the compensation agreement."
Han Xiaoxin's heart skipped a beat. He had not discussed this matter with the dynasty, but it was only natural that the dynasty's envoy would support it. There might even be the influence of Political Assets.
Hearing this, Psyker clenched his fists and loosened them weakly. His tone was low.
"I agree."
Bang!
A Calamity Grade Star Pupil Holy Race Calamity Grade guard at the side could not hold it in any longer and slammed his fist into the wall, creating a crater.
However, the other Star Pupil Protoss were also trembling in anger, and no one looked at him. Han Xiao and the others simply ignored him.
Han Xiao nodded, took out the Evolution Cube, and let it float in front of everyone. The small silver cube rotated and attracted everyone's attention.
Heber's Adam's apple moved imperceptibly, but he did not let his subordinates notice it.
"Then, show your sincerity first and remove your psychic connection."
Sisko closed his eyes and calmed himself down. He then slowly released his psychic energy to touch the Evolution Cube and cut off the connection.
The next moment, his body trembled, and his brain clearly sensed that the bridge between the Evolution Cube and him had been cut off.
His ability to locate the Evolution Cube had disappeared.
"It's done." Sisko's tone was very low, trying his best to hide his disappointment.
Han Xiao took back the Evolution Cube. A Beyond Grade A Super was very sensitive to energy, and the aura attached to the Evolution Cube had indeed disappeared.
"Finally, the hidden danger has been removed." Han Xiaoxin felt relieved. Although the Spacetime Amber had the same effect, he would have to use the Evolution Cube at some point, and this would be more effective.
However, he was careful and threw the cube to Fu Ding for inspection. Although Fu Ding was only a Calamity Grade, he was very lucky.
"Don't worry, your dynasty also has a Beyond Grade A Psychic, so it will be easy to find out. You don't have to worry about me doing anything."
Sisko said, "I have already agreed to your conditions. Is there anything else? If not, please leave the territory of the Star Pupil Protoss immediately."
The dynasty emissary stood up. "Okay, we will not disturb you. Remember, the dynasty will always be watching you. We look forward to your announcement."
Sisko clenched his teeth and did not say anything.
"Don't blame me." Han Xiao also stood up. "If you fail, you have to pay the price. At least you're still alive."
As soon as he said that, Han Xiao suddenly felt that his words were very villainous.
However, in the eyes of the Star Pupil Protoss, he was an out-and-out villain.
"I won't always fail," Sisko said with a deep voice.
"You won't always be alive either." Heber interrupted and walked out of the room first. The dynasty emissary followed closely behind.
With one foot out of the door, Han Xiao looked back at Sisko, who was sitting still, and smiled. "Instead of being angry with us here, you should deal with the public opinion first."
Sisko did not respond and asked, "How's Dylan?"
"You still have the time to care about others? Looks like your relationship with him is really good."
Han Xiao's lips curled up.
"Don't worry, he's safe now, very safe."
With that, Han Xiao waved his hand and even had the time to say goodbye before leaving.
After watching the group disappear from sight, Sisko received a report that Han Xiao and the others had boarded the spaceship and taken off.
After sitting in a daze for a while, Sisko looked up and saw that all his people in the room were staring at him. He sighed and stood up.
"Tell them to prepare for a government press conference. I will personally attend."
Jed hesitated and reminded him, "Black Star used virtual technology to invade many media websites and incited public opinion everywhere, spreading unfavorable comments about you. Do you want to deal with it first?"
"No, Black Star will stop once he leaves. Although he's a ruthless person, he won't keep playing tricks like this." Sisko sighed. "And when I release the announcement, you'll know that public opinion is nothing."
When he thought about the backlash this announcement would cause, Sisko's heart was filled with sorrow.
However, the situation was beyond his control, and he had no choice. Even if he asked for help from his family, the Arcane Church, considering the importance of ransoming Psyker, would not start a new conflict with the Imperium over such a small matter as damaging Psyker's reputation.
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